Milking pail



Patented July.l2, 1927. f 3

UNITED STATES P ATENT OFFICE;

DONALD W. BENNE'I'T, OF WNT ON, CALIFORNIA.

MILKING AIL.

Applicatioh filed July 19, 1.926. sm1 No. 123,549.

"whereby the milk received wthin the pail may be poured out into asingle container, at which time the milk in the tWo portions of the palWill become rnxed.

A st-i1l further object is'to provide means Whereby the contents of thetwo portions of the pa1 may be pouf-ed simultaneously but into indivdualreceptaeles thereby prevent-. ng the mxing of the milk contained in theopposite sides of the pail.

Other objects end adventages will be eppa1el1t durng the course of thefollowmg descrption.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificaton, and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parte throughout thesame,

Figure I is a side elevation of an ordinary 1nilking machine pai] partlybroken away so as to illustrate a division Wa1l contained theren,

Figure II is a view similar to Figure I but at right angles thereto,partly broken away so as to illustrate the pouring feature of the pail,end

Figure III s a top plan view of my pail. In the employment of mlkingmachines, it is common te place a pa1 between two cows and to deliverthe milk from each cow to the same milking pail. This results in themilk from the two eows being mixed and the only method in which toprevent ths mixture, so as 130 test the milk from the individual eow isto shut off one side of the machine whch of course causes a delay in fhemilkng operation. This s a serious matter When a,large number of: cowsare being m1ked as for instance in a large dairy 'arm, and accordingly,I have devised fa pail wherein the individual milk from each cow may beaccurately checked at each milkirig f desired, Wthut the loss of time inthe mlking operaton.

Ths also permts the testing of the milk for butter fat and other soldsas s commonly done in modem daires.

In the sicco1npanying drawngs wherein for the purpose of illustraton sshown a preferred example of my nvention, the numeral 5 designzites apail es a whole having a bottom 6 and an open top 7. The customary bail8 s secured to the pail 5 as by ears 9.

Wthin the pail I place a division plate 11, whch plate dvides thenterior of the pal int0 tWo equal sections. At the point 12 this dvsonplate approaehes the top and is flush therewith, while at 18 I haveplaced a plate which s soldered or otherwise secured to the top 7 and tothe upper extremity of the division plate 11.

At 14, I have shown fillers, which fillers are secured to the plate 13,to the pal 5 end to the division plate 11. The purpose of ths plate 13and fillers 14 is to form pouring means upon opposite sides of thedvison plate.

The manner of using my pail s as follows Assuming that a standard mlkingmachine is employed therewth in such a manner that the milk from one ofthe cows Will be discharged into the side of the pai1 desgnated by theletter A, While the mi1k from the other of the cows Will be dschargedinto the receptacl B. The resu1t Will be that the milk from these twocows will not become mixed.

Now assuming that it s notdesired to keep ths milk separatel, theoperator in pouring from the pail to the straning end coolng tank Willpour so that the milk will be dscharged from the side where the divisonplate jons the top as designated at 12.

Should t be desred to maintain the milk from the tWo cows in a separatestate, the

pail Will be tipped in a reverse drection so tha,t the mlk Will bedischarged 'over the fillers 14 and plate 13. If two receptaeles are nowpositioned so as to receive the'se two separate streams ssuing from thepail, it will be readly seen that the streams Will be kept separated aconsiderable distance by the plate 18, and may therefore be readi1yreeeved in the two individual receptac1es nto which the milk is to bepoured.

It is to be understood that the form of my invenfion herewith shown anddescrbed S to be caken as a joreferred exznnple of the same und thatvarous changes relative to the sze, shape and mrangement oi parcs muy beresorted ho wi.hout depapting from the sprit of the invention 01 thescope 0JE the subjoined clum.

Havng thus descrbed 1ny inventon, I clamz In a.rnlking pail havng anopen top and a closed bottorn, a division plate posit-oned withn saidpal, and verticafly disposed uherein, a horzontally disposed plafesecured tothe top of sad pai1 and to said dvision plate, and fillerspositioned adjacent sad divsion plate and said horizontally dispose'dplate, for the purpose specfied.

In testmony whe1eof I afix my signature.

DONALD W. BENNETT.

